Sardinia – Selvaggio Blu Extreme

Day 1: Arrival and getting to know each other
In the afternoon we meet at our accommodation in Santa Maria Navarrese, where you will get some information about the upcoming Selvaggio Blu trek in its north-to-south variant. The packing list will already have given you plenty of information on how to pack your bags and rucksacks for the 6 days on tour ahead. Together we do a quick check to make sure everything is ready, then stroll into the village for a relaxed dinner. This is also where we get our first taste of local Sardinian delicacies.

Day 2: Starting on the coast
In the morning Franco brings us a delicious breakfast to fuel up for the first day of the tour. Afterwards we drive with our things to the harbour, hand over the luggage that will be delivered to us each day, and are then taken by jeep to our starting point a good way further north. Our trek begins with a light daypack. Spectacular passages await us within the very first kilometres, even though the first stage still takes us from the Baunei mountains through impressive gorges down to the sea. On the beach we can wind down the first day of the tour and soak up a good dose of Sardinia and Selvaggio Blu. A fish dinner in the evening rounds off this start.

Day 3: Plunging views and bivouac
On the second stage we follow the coast high above the water, with plunging views down to the azure sea. By now at the latest, we understand where the Selvaggio Blu gets its name. Those who feel at ease on the exposed via ferrata sections and spectacular abseils can enjoy the views all the more. Everyone else experiences their very own adventure. Although you are always well secured, it still takes a little courage now and then to tackle these impressive passages and perhaps push your personal limits – especially for those who do not have a 100 % head for heights. As a reward, a first-class bivouac spot awaits us in the evening, in a dream bay within a magical forest. Around a campfire we let the impressions sink in and round off the day with exciting anecdotes.

Day 4: Sette calate and cave
If the first 2 stages were already hard to beat for variety and impressive passages, the third day of the tour carries on in the same vein. After taking our luggage back down to the beach, we climb up again to tackle the next stretch of coast. Today’s highlight is the sette calate, a series of abseils that take us back down to the sea. This is followed by a spectacular traverse right above the breaking waves along the rock faces of the steep coast, until we reach one of Sardinia’s most beautiful and important caves. Of course, we won’t miss the chance to visit this cave, and afterwards we work out how to reach our next bivouac spot in a beautiful gorge. Naturally, direct access to the sea and a small beach for our daily cool-off are a must here too.

Day 5: Intricate coastal passage
Anyone who thinks they have now seen everything on the Selvaggio Blu will be amazed once again on the fourth stage! Today’s programme includes a highlight that many will later remember as perhaps the most impressive passage of all. An ingenious way was found to overcome this particularly tricky stretch of coast in spectacular fashion and to make onward progress possible at all. At the end of the day another bivouac awaits us, on a beach that regularly appears near the top of rankings of the world’s most beautiful beaches. As befits the Selvaggio Blu, we arrive by abseil just a few metres from the water. This steep abseil definitely makes for great souvenir photos. The fact that we are allowed to spend the night in this wonderful spot at all is thanks to special permits from the municipal authorities in Baunei. Nobody else is permitted to stay overnight here.

Day 6: Coast and shepherds’ shelter
In the morning we leave our last bivouac spot right on the Sardinian coast – but that does not mean the Selvaggio Blu is over. Another via ferrata leads us spectacularly along the coast and across rock ledges directly above the water to the next dream beach. After a short break on the beach, a longer ascent up into the mountains awaits us, to a lovingly furnished shepherds’ shelter. These days it is also run as a restaurant. A Sardinian feast awaits us. There is no à la carte here; instead, the farm’s own local produce is served – you get what there is, and it is damn delicious. Luckily, we don’t have to walk another metre afterwards and can spend the night right at Silvio’s Ovile.

Day 7: Finale to Pedra Longa
Hard to believe, but the last day of our extreme variant of the Selvaggio Blu is already here. Over the course of the day we reach Pedra Longa. It is the starting point of the classic Selvaggio Blu and, at the same time, the end point of our fantastic week on tour. The many memories can now settle quietly over the next few days and sink in. Many of the passages will bring back that tingle the first time you look at the photos. In the evening we enjoy one last dinner together in Santa Maria Navarrese as a fitting end to this trekking week.

Day 8: Breakfast and departure
Today everyone can go at their own pace. Franco once again brings us breakfast, which everyone can enjoy in their own time, depending on their travel plans for the journey home. Afterwards we pack our things and set off home. If you can, you will have booked a few extra days on Sardinia to enjoy a little more holiday on this wonderful Mediterranean island.

Info: On this tour we depend heavily on the weather and, above all, on the sea because of the supply runs. Even so, the Selvaggio Blu offers countless possible variations, so we can adapt the tour if needed and always make the most of the weather and conditions.